For this artist, he is able to paint an ordinary pug that looks closely like Winston Churchill, with the high collar, necktie and waistcoat. These types of paintings are called anthropomorphic art. Due to the immense talent that this artist has, he is able to restore 18th and 19th century paintings that can be found in men’s private clubs and even old ancestral homes.

This kind of artist replaces human faces with animals in his paintings. This kind of masterpiece is called aristochiens and aristocrats according to the Belgian artist himself who was a restorer back in the day. An artist with this much talent is able to recreate reputable Englishmen out of the animals that star in his works of art. Get more information about paintings by visiting cat portrait oil painting.

Since he is well practiced with this skill, many people find it hard to spot the differences in pictures. His works really do look like the original kind. A painting like this would not really catch the eye of the president of the American society he said.

A piece was auctioned recently in New York by the animal society for fundraising. It was in a quaint art gallery complete with club chairs, tartan couches leather bound books and Sloan ranger’s bibelots that the public got to see the 27 portraits in the collection of this artist. The gallery gave the collection a good vibe for the viewers.

The artist once said in a telephone interview that he designs his works to be different from the rest but also something that people will appreciate and understand. He finds nothing shocking or aggressive in these paintings, they are almost poetic. The artist even noticed a trend in buyers as more people with high class or nobility purchase his work. Thanks for reading about paintings, and get even more articles at custom paintings from photos make unique.

His artworks are mostly bought it seems, by those who are either royalty or the aristo people of Europe. His portrait sits among the collections of many royals as well as those people who already have an ancestral portrait collection. A lot of people will be surprised to note that these pieces are the in thing currently.

Resourcefully, this artist goes to many markets just so he can get old portraits that he can restore and then match with whatever dog creation he has in mind. It seems that this German pointer embodies one of those French officers at the battle of Alma in a blue dress uniform with gold epaulettes, sword and an array of medals. It is not new to the artist to get a piece that still comes with a family crest. Usually the artist just hides the symbol or paints over it.

In one of the paintings of these artists he used his own dead dog as a cover up the painting he was doing. Disrespect is sometimes what other people see when they look at this pictures. Dogs are part of the work of this artist since they deserve to be part of it. These creatures are always appreciative and will never bother you. There is always more to a dog that how he appears to be.

A person would spend about $5,000 to $8,000 for a piece of this artists work. Notably a professor of art history at the local university said that this way of art is not new to people. Prior to today there were two famous painters as 18th and 19th century graphic artists and satirists who have already done something similar.

Tokyo-based USB accessory specialist Thanko has a thing for spy gadgets. Just look at their spy button camera, the USB necktie with a built-in camera and the camera watch they developed in the last few months. Last July, Thanko started offering a a pen with an integrated micro camera. And today the company announced [JP] the so-called Super Slim Video Pen 2, which is a spy pen that shoots video in HD (1,280×960 at 30fps, to be more exact).

The pen lets you shoot JPEGs with the same resolution. It’s 14cm long and weighs 30g. It can store 1.5 hours of video with its internal memory but also supports microSD cards (up to 16GB). Thanko says an 8GB card is enough to record around six hours of HD video. Users just need to press a button on top of the pen to start the recording. The micro camera is right under it (see picture above).

Video files can later be transferred to your PC (as long as it runs under Windows XP, Vista or 7) via USB 2.0 (the pen has a miniUSB slot).

Thanko is selling the spy pen for $65. Ask Geek Stuff 4U if you live outside Japan and are interested in getting one (they’re just offering the older model at the moment).

By Andrew Liszewski

Christmas might be over, but Winter has only begun, and for a lot of us that means unreasonably freezing temperatures and accessories like gloves and scarves to stave off frostbite. Now there’s nothing wrong with your standard scarf, but the Andtie adds a small touch of extra professionalism since one end makes it look you’re wearing necktie while you’re battling the sub-zero elements. Pricing and availability information on their website is a bit vague, but the Andtie does appear to be available in different colors and fabrics, and if you need one you can email [email protected] for more information.

[ Andtie ] VIA [ Inspire me, now! ]

Thomas Pink’s $90 Commuter Tie doubles as an MP3 storage device and comes in hot purple and other non-subtle shades.

As the medical community debates whether to remove neckties from hospitals to prevent the spread of superbugs that claim thousands of lives annually, a microbe-thwarting tie is born.

Originally posted at News – Health Tech

Following the spy button camera that just came out last week, a USB necktie with a built-in camera and a camera watch, Tokyo-based gadget maker is now offering a pen with an integrated micro camera [JP]. The so-called Super Slim Video Pen isn’t as spectacular as previous spy gadgets from that company but comes with a decent price, at least.

The pen (length: 14cm) has 2GB of internal memory, supports microSD cards (up to 8GB) and features a USB port. It shoots video in 736×576 (AVI) and pictures in 1280×960 (JPEG). All you need to do is press a small button on the top of the pen. Charge it for 40 minutes and you can shoot up to three hours of video.

People living outside Japan can get the pen at Geek Stuff 4 U for $74.69 plus shipping (but it’s only compatible with Windows XP and Vista).